September 2017 News

Brian Pugh (29NY) poses for his victory lane winners photo with Bucko Branham and
Billie Jo Branham as he is crowned the 2nd annual Robin Branham Crash for Cancer
Enduro winnter. It would be the second annual Robin Branham Crash for Cancer Enduro
at Airborne Park Speedway. There would be a total of 93 cars that would take the
green flag for the 150 lap race. When the dust would settle and the checker flag
would fly there would be 8 cars still running on the track. There would be multiple
red flags on the day to check on drivers and tend to overturned cars. Through it all
Brian Pugh would keep his nose the cleanest of all avoid a few close calls and be
crowned the eventual winner.
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Plattsburgh Hornets Vs Peru Indians September 29th 2017

Plattsburgh's Madeleine Woodward (19) goes one on one with the Peru defender in the
offensive zone looking for some space. It would be a crosstown match up in the
C.V.A.C. as the Plattsburgh Hornets would host the Peru Indians. The Hornets would
get the opening goal of the game from Madeleine Woodward at the 28th minute as the
Hornets would take the 1-0 lead. Then just over a minute later the Hornets would
extend there lead to 2-0 as Elisa Rodriquez would find the back of the net. The game
would stay there til the second half when the Hornets would extend there lead to 3-0
on the Brina Micheels goal at the 51st minute. Then the Hornets would put the icing
on the cake in 68th minute on the Kathleen Sullivan goal to secure the 4-0 victory.
In the winning effort Delaney McCormick would make 6 saves for the shutout victory.
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Plattsburgh Hornets Vs Saranac Chiefs September 28th 2017

Plattsburgh's Andrew Follmer (3) with the jump quick on the attempt to get it over
the Saranac goalie that takes flight. It would be Plattsburgh Hornets hosting the
Saranac Chiefs in C.V.A.C. action. It would be a game that would be even throughout
with both teams looking for the slight edge over the other. That whole would not
come ti the 78th minute when Ryan Kavanaugh would score to give the Hornets the 1-0
lead. The Hornets would hold off a last minute brigade for the 1-0 victory.
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Plattsburgh Hornets Vs Saranac Chiefs September 27th 2017

Plattsburgh's Madeleine Woodward (19) collides hard with the Saranac defender as they
battle for the ball at midfeild. It would be the Plattsburgh Hornets hosting the
Saranac Chiefs in C.V.A.C. conference. It would be a game that would even throughout
with both looking for the slight edge over the other. The game would eventually head
to overtime with no one scoring. In the extra 20 minutes it would be more of the
same as the teams would finish in a 0-0 tie.
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Chateaugay Bulldogs Vs Potsdam Sandstoners September 25th 2017

Chateaugay's Valerie Titus (5) with the spike down the line for the point. The
Chateaugay Bulldogs would host the Potsdam Sandstoners in Northern Adirondack
Conference volleyball action. The Chateaugay would contuine there perfect season
with a straight set victory over the Potsdam Sandstoners with the 25-10, 25-14, and
25-21 victory. In the winning effort the Bulldogs go to 5-0 on the season.
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Brandon Ladouceur (15b), Gabriel Cyr (94), and Mike Stacey (23) with some good tight
racing off of turn two in the Dirtcar Sportsman Northern Regiona 50 lapper. It would
be the last race weekend of the season at Airborne Park Speedway and it would feature
the Dirtcar Sportsman Northern Region series along with the Leon Gonyo Memorial race.
It would be a great afternoon of at Airborne to bring the season to a close. The
winners on the day would be Shawn Walker in the Stritcly Stock, Cam Gadue in the
Mini-Modifieds, and Brent Jarvis in the Renegades. As for the big races on the day
Alex LaJoie would win the Sportsman Modifed regional race and Stephen Bernier would
win the 358 Modified Leon Gonyo Memorial race. Also on this day points champions
would be crowned in the Renegades Brent Jarvis, Mini-Modifeds Michael Whalen and in
the Strictly Stock it would go to Rolland Guay.
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Team Malinik Vs Team Maulding September 24th 2017

Team Maulding Kenji Jones with the leaping catch over the middle in traffic. In game
1 of week three of the North Country Flag Football League Team Malinik would take on
Team Maulding. It would be a game that Malinik would control as they would have the
14-0 lead after the first half. In the second half it would be more of the same as
they would win the half 14-0 and secure the 28-0 victory. In the winning effort Team
Malinik would go to 4-0 while Maulding would fall to 1-2.
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Team St. John Vs Team Downs September 24th 2017

Team St. John's Garden Arnold with the catch on the shoulder high catch for the first
down. It would be game two week 3 of the North Country Flag Football League. The
game would feature Team St. John and Team Downs. It would be a game where players
would be at a premium so the game would be just one half and when the dust settled
Team St. John would win 23-0. In the winning effort Team St. John would go to 1-2
while Team Downs falls to 0-3.
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Team St. John Vs KC Photo Video Ram Rods September 24th 2017

KC Photo Video's Tevin Conners with the catch in the endzone over Team St. John's Ben
Trombley. It would be the final game of the day between KC Photo Video Ram Rods and
Team St. John in the North Country Flag Football League. It would be team KC Photo
Video that would have the 8-0 lead in the first half. In the second half KC Photo
Video would keep it up and win the half 14-0 and secure the 22-0 victory. In the
winning effort KC Photo Video Ram Rods go to 2-1 while Team St Johns falls to 1-3 on
the season.
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Plattsburgh Hornets Vs Ausable Valley Patriots September 20th 2017

Plattsburgh's Madeleine Woodward (19) with the header out by midfeild to keep the
ball in the offensive zone. It would be a C.V.A.C. match up between the Plattsburgh
Hornets and Ausable Valley Patriots The Hornets would get the opening goal in the
12th minute from Brina Micheels for the 1-0 lead. The Hornets would extend the lead
to 2-0 in the closing minute of the first half when Brina Micheels would get her
second goal of the game. The Hornets would jump right out in the second half and
extend the lead to 3-0 when Madeleine Woodward would score in the 41st minute. In
the 48th minute Madeleine Woodward would strike again for the Hornets to make it 4-0.
Then in the 63rd minute the Patriots would get there lone goal of the game to make
it 4-1. Then the 71st minute the Hornets would add one more from Tenzin Pema to
secure the 5-1 victory.
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Plattsburgh Hornets Vs Au Sable Valley Patriots September 19th 2017

Plattsburgh's Abdousabour Tidjani (18) comes in on the breakway and puts the shot
over the diving goalie for the score. It would be the Plattsburgh Hornets hosting
the Au Sable Valley Patriots in C.V.A.C. action. This would be a game that would not
be in doubt from the beginning as the Hornets would score 6 first half goals from
Nick Provost, Henry Wylie along with a couple others. In the second half it would be
more of the same as the Hornets would add three more goals coming from Abdousabour
Tidjami, and Andrew Follmer. As the Plattsburgh Hornets would secure the 9-0
victory.
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Plattsburgh Hornets Vs Beekmantown Eagles Septemberb 18th 2017

Plattsburgh's Madeleline Woodward (19) and Beekmantown's Rylee Fessette (7) battle
for ball control in the corner of the Hornets zone. It would be C.V.A.C. Girls
Soccer action as the Plattsburgh Hornets would host the Beekmantown Eagles. The
Eagles would opeming up the scoring in the 25th minute on Alyssa Waters goal. Then
in the 36th minutes the Eagles would strike again on Danielle Dyke goal to extend the
lead to 2-0 headed into the break. When the teams came back to play the Eagles would
pick up where they left off as Alyssa Waters would strike again in the 51st minute to
extend the lead to 3-0. The Eagles would get another to extend the lead to 4-0 on
the Leah Casey goal in the 72nd minute. Then in the last minute of the game the
Eagles would put it away on the Kirsten Villemaire goal to secure the 5-0 win. In
the winning effort the Eagles would stay undefeated at 7-0.
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Team Livsey Vs Team Malinak September 17 2017

Team Malinak's Dylan Everleath with the jump catch coming back towaeds the ball. It
would be week 2 of the North Country Flag Football League. The first game would
feature team Livsey versus Team Malinak. This would be a low scoring tight game
throughout. Team Malinak would have the the 7-0 lead after the first half. In the
second half it would be more of the same as they would score one more time to secure
the 13-0 victory. In the winning effort Team Malinak improves to 3-0 while Team
Livsey falls to 1-1 on the season.
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Team Livsey Vs Team Downs September 17th 2017

Team Livsey's Tevin Conners with the leaping catch in the end zone for the score. It
would be Week 2 of the North Country Flag Football League. In the second game of the
day it would feature Team Livsey versus Team Downs. It would be a game that Team
Livsey would control froom start to finish as they would have a 14-0 lead at the end
of the first half. When they came back for the second half they would win the galf
8-0 to secure the 22-0 victory. In the wining effort Team Livsey would go to 2-1
while Team Downs falls to 0-2.
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Team St. John Vs Team Maulding September 17th 2017

Team Maulding's Chris Maulding with the catch and turn up field for the big game. It
would be Week 2 of the North Country Flag Football. In the third game of the day it
would feature Team St. John Vs Team Maulding. The first half would be a defensive
battle as Team Maulding would have the narrow 3-0 lead. In the second half the teams
would trade scores at 8-8 to secure the 11-8 win for Team Maulding go to 1-1 while
Team St. John goes to 0-2 on the season.
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Plattsburgh Hornets Vs Beekmantown Eagles September 15th 2017

Plattsburgh's Ryan Kavanuagh rises up for the header over the Beekmantown defender.
The Plattsburgh Hornets would host the Beekmantown Eagles in C.V.A.C. division
action. The Hornets would get an early goal and take the 1-0 lead. Then in the 25th
minute the Hornets would extend there lead 2-0 on Abdousabour Tidjani goal. Then
just nine minutes later the Hornets would extend there lead 3-0 on Henry Wylie's
goal. The game would stay there til they were 5 minutes into the second half when the
Hornets would score again on Henry Wylie's goal to secure the 4-0 victory.
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Plattsburgh's Hannah Duquette (5) charges hard around the defender in the corner and
take it to the net. It would be a CVAC regular season match between the Plattsburgh
Hornets and Northeastern Clinton Cougars. The Cougars would take the early 1-0 lead
in the first half. The game would remain there til there was four minutes remaining
in the game and the Hornets would tie the game at 1. The team would then head to
overtime where the Hornets would take the 2-1 lead 6 minutes in. Although they would
have to finish the period and the Cougars would score inside the final minute and
then game would end in a 2-2 tie.
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Plattsburgh State Cardinals Vs Norwich Cadets September 13th 2017

Plattsburgh State's Joe Gula (23) with the header at midfield to send the ball back
towards the attack zone. The Plattsburgh State Cardinals would meet up withe Norwich
Cadets in non league action. The Cardinals would take the 1-0 lead on a goal from
Alex Price. The game would stay there til the second half and the 54th minute when
Connor Nembach would score to make it 2-0 Cardinals. The Cardinals would extend the
lead to 3-0 when Kyle Plaff would score in the 71st minute. Then in the 80th minute
the Cardinals would put the icing on the cake with the Elver Maldonado to secure the
4-0 victory. In the winning effort Kiermann Kirby would make 6 saves as the
Cardinals go to 4-2 on the season.
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Plattsburgh's (18) with the cut back as he completely fakes out the defender and take
it into the middle. The Plattsburgh Hornets would face the Northeastern Clinton
Cougars in Champlain Valley Athletic Conference action. The Hornets would get the
first goal of the game in the 13th minute by (4). The game would stay there til the
second half and 57th minute when (10) would score to incrase the lead to 2-0. Then
in the 75th minute the Hornets would close out the game with the third goal from (18)
to secure the 3-0 victory.
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Chateaugay Bulldogs Vs Salmon River Shamrocks September 12th 2017

Chateaugay's (5) with the tip at the net over the Salmon River defender for the
point. It would be opening night of volleyball season. As the Chateaugay Bulldogs
would travel to Salmon River for the Salmon River Shamrocks. The Bulldogs would get
a challenge throughout the night but they still would get the straight set victory by
scores of 25-16, 25-20, and 25-21. Next up for the Chateaugay Bulldogs would be
there home opener against the Malone Huskies.
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CD Beauchamp (88) battles on the inside of Rob Yetman (7) for the lead and the
eventual win of the Dirtcar Pro Stock Series race. It would be Champlain Pterbuilt
Dirtcar Pro Stock Series presented by Great Northern Supply. It would be the Dirtcar
Pro Stock Series first ever visit to the Airborne half mile and they would have a 35
lap feature. The winner of the feature event would be C.D. Beauchamp after a close
battle with Rob Yetman. As for the Sportsman Modified 50 lap feature there would be
a lot of early cautions when the dust would settle Dany Gagne. As for the support
divisions on the evening Tylor Terry (Renegades), Kris Clark (Mini-Modifed), and
Shawn Walker in the Strictly Stock. The Revstar SRT and Slingshots would also be in
competition on the evening with wins going to Pierre Hebert and Jim Pollard.
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Team Maulding Vs Team Livsey September 10th 2017

Team Livsey's Matt St. Clair with the leaping catch in the endzone with the defender
all over him. It would be the opening the week of the outdoor flag football season.
The opening game of the week would feature Team Maulding Vs Team Livsey. It would
tightly contested game and Livsey would have a 10-0 lead at the end of the first
half. When the teams came back for the second half Maulding would do there best to
keep it close but Livsey would be to much for them. As Livsey win the half 10-0 and
get the 22-0 victory.
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Team St. John Vs Team Malinak September 10th 2017

Team Malinak's Pete Wheatley with the catch and tuck and roll for the touchdown that
takes out the pylon. It would be the opening weekend of the outdoor flag football
season. In game two it would be Team Malinak Vs Team St. John. In what would be the
best game of the game Team Malinak would have a 7-6 lead at the break. When the
teams came back from the second half the defenses would still be stud as Malinak
would win the half and hag on for the 13-6 victory. With the win Malinak go to 1-0
while St. John go to 0-1.
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Team Downs Vs Team Malinak September 10th 2017

Team Malinak's Caiden Goodman with the catch on the low ball down to a knee. It
would be the opening week of the outdoor flag football season. In the final game of
the game it would be Team Malinak Vs Team Downs. In game that Team Malinak would
dominate they would have a 35-0 lead at the break. In the second half Malinak would
reel in a bit and win the half 12-0 and secure the 47-0 victory. In the winning
effort Team Malinak goes to 2-0 while Team Down starts 0-1.
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Peru Indians Vs Beekmantown Eagles September 9th 2017

Beekmantown's Cris Arzola (23) goes up the middle carrying tackles for the first down
and would get the eventual game winning tochdown and in overtime. It would be week
two of the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference and the it would be the classic rival
game between the host Peru Indians and the visiting Beekmantown Eagles. The Indians
would streak first on the Keagen LaGrave (26) 6 yard run half way through the first
quarter for the 6-0 lead. The Indians would strike strike again when Keafan LaGrave
would score on the pass play with 2 minutes left in the 2st quarter to make it 13-0.
The Eagles would strike right back on a 60 yard run by Cris Arzola to make it 13-7
after the 1st quarter. In the second quarter Eagles Cris Arzola would tie the game
on a 51 yard run at 5:12 of the quarter. Then in the final minute of the quarter the
Eagles would take the lead on the touchdown pass to Evan Burnell for the 19-13 lead
at halftime. When the teams would come back for the second half Austin Carpenter (3)
would get the scoring started for the Indians on a touchdown pass at 4:24 of the
third to make it 20-19. In the final minute of the quarter Austin Carpenter would
strike again to make it 27-19 after the third quarter. The Eagles would strike back
and tie the game at 27 just under two minutes into the fourth quarter with Evan
Burnell second score to tie the game at 27. Then about half way through the fourth
the Eagles would take the 33-27 on Cris Arzola's third score of the game. Then with
just under two minutes left in the game the Indians would tie the game at 33 and send
it to overtime. In the overtime period the Indians would get the play first and
score on Ryan Connell quarterback sneak to make it 40-33. The Eagles would get a
chance to match them and force and force another overtime. With that Eagles
possession Cris Arzola would score although the Eagles would go for two and succeed
and get the 41-40 victory. In the winning effort the Beekmantown Eagles go to 1-1 as
the head back on the road against Moriah Vikings. With the lose the Peru Indians
fall to 0-2 on season as they will host the 0-2 Saranac Lake Red Storm.
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Plattsburgh Hornets Vs Moriah Vikings September 8th 2017

Moriah's Dewey Snyder (24) runs over Plattsburgh's Justin Moore (4) as he fights for
extra yards on the toss play. It would be the start of week 2 of the Champlain
Valley Athletic Conference season as we have the Plattsburgh Hornets hosting the
Moriah Vikings in League action. The Vikings would get the first score of the game
in the 1st quarter a run by Connor Anderson for the 8-0 lead. In the second quarter
the Vikings would extend there lead to 16-0 on Connor Anderson second touchdown run
of the day at 4:38of the quarter. The game would stay there til the 7:26 mark of the
third quarter when Jay Sargent would take it 22 yards for the score and make it 24-0.
In the fourth quarter the Hornets would get on the board on a 20 yard touchdown pass
to Talon Bushey at the 8:10 mark to make it 24-8. Although the vikings would answer
right back a short run to secure the 31-8 victory. In the winning effort the Vikings
improve to 2-0 as they head home for Beekmantown next week. While the Hornets fall
to 0-2 and will host the Saranac Chiefs next week.
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Saranac Chiefs Vs Plattsburgh Hornets September 2 2017

Saranac's Isaac Graham (88) with the two handed catch headed towards the sidelines
for the first down. The Saranac Chiefs would open up there season at home against
the Plattsburgh Hornets. The Chiefs would strike quick for the early lead on the 60
yard run by Luke Maye for the 6-0 lead at 1:54 of the first quarter. The Chiefs would
extend there lead to 14-0 on a Jacob Nolan 61 yard touchdown at the end of the
quarter. In the second quarter the Chiefs would extend there lead to 22-0 on a Andy
LaBeau interception for a touchdown. At the end of the Horners would final get on
the board to make it a 22-8 Chiefs lead at the break. The Horners would come out and
try and make a game of it as they would return a fumble for a score to make it 22-14.
Then with about two minutes left in the game the Chiefs would extend there lead
28-14 on a Jacob Nolan score. With that the Chiefs would get the 28-14 win and go to
1-0 as the Hornets fall to 0-1.
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Travis Bruno (91ny) catches the back of John Lutes (959) coming off of turn four
after he had caught the wall and starts to roll down the front stretch. It would be
Dirtcar Championship night presented by P.M. Leary Restoration as all divisions would
be in attendance with points champions being crowned in the 358 and Sportsman
Modified divisions along with a 2,000 win in the 358 Modified. The competition would
be intense throughout the evening with a red flag for a rollover in the 358 Modified
and multiple restarts needed in the Sportsman Modifed race to get the first five laps
done. When the dust would settle the eventual winners would be Rolland Guay
(Strictly Stock), Michael Whalen (Mini-Modified) after winner Clemente Bell was
disqualified, Brent Jarvis (Renegades), Connor Cleveland (Sportsman Modified),
Stephen Bernier (358 Modified). As for the points champions Connor Cleveland
(Sportsman Modified), Chris Raabe (358 Modified) would win the first track
championships at Airborne on dirt in 27 years. Next week the track will be back in
action on Sunday September 10th as the Dirtcar series Pro Stock and Sportsman
Modified tour come to town.
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Ausable Valley Patriots Vs Saranac Lake Red Storm September 1 2017

Ausable Valley's Jason Fletcher (21) with the leaping catch over the middle although
the catch didn't count because of a holding penalty still 100% effort. It would be
opening night of the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference football season and the
Ausable Valley Patriots would host the Saranac Lake Red storm. The Red Storm would
get the opening score of the game as Jarrett Ashton would bust out for 61 yards for
the 6-0 lead. The would stay there til 3 minutes into the 2nd quarter when Mason
Douglas would return a fumble and give the Patriots the 8-6 lead. The Red Storm
would answer right back on Jarrett Ashton's second touchdown of the night and regain
the 14-8 lead. On the next Patriots possession Matthew Pray would break it 80 yards
and the Patriots would take the 16-14 lead back. Although the Red Storm would strike
again on a Jacob Shipman 50 yard touchdown reception to give the Red Storm the 22-16
lead at the break. When the teams came back for the second half the Patriots defense
would step up and take charge of the game. The Patriors would retake the lead at
24-22 on a Luis Perez 8 yard reception and score with just under 5 minutes left in
the third quarter. The Patriots would extend there lead to 30-22 a 71 yard touchdown
run for Matthew Pray his second of the game Then with just under 8 minutes left in
the game Jarrett Ashton would get his third touchdown of the game and tie the game at
30. The Patriots would regain the lead at 38-30 with 6:30 left in the game on
Matthew Pray's third touchdown of the game and secure the 38-30 win. In the winning
effort the Patriots start there season at 1-0 while the Red Storm fall to 0-1.
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